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The Hard Truth about ‘L’Affaire Chauvin’

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Posted By: DW626, 6/9/2025 7:59:42 AM

A week or so ago, I received an email from an old friend in the intelligence community—let’s call him “Smiley”—commenting on my research into the case of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in April 2021 of murdering chronic felon and drug abuser George Floyd a year prior. Said Smiley, “Time for you to write a ‘J’accuse’ piece--naming names.” He was referring to the powerful public letter French author Emile Zola wrote in 1898 damning the people responsible for the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus four years prior.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: John Moses Browning 6/9/2025 8:20:52 AM (No. 1961876)
President Trump will probably have to set this situation right. The powers that be in Mogadapolis couldn’t care less about a cop rotting in prison or doing what is right.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: winmag 6/9/2025 8:24:26 AM (No. 1961878)
Trump needs to pardon him right now in the middle of all this deportation chaos. It will drive them to crazed violence and then they can be crushed by the National Guard or Marines.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: udanja99 6/9/2025 8:27:05 AM (No. 1961879)
Must read! I thought that I had followed this closely at the time, but as is usual with Jack Cashill, he brings all of the ugly receipts. Sadly, #1, I don’t think that President Trump can do anything about Chauvin’s plight as I believe that his was not a federal trial. The one person who can change it, Tampon Tim, will never do it. A prayer or several for Chauvin would not be amiss.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: privateer 6/9/2025 8:27:45 AM (No. 1961880)
For any who would like to follow up on Zola's heroic defense of the wrongly imprisoned Dreyfus, there is a fine 1937 film "The Life Of Emile Zola' which centers on the case that Smiley references. Splendid performances by Paul Muni (Zola) and Joseph Schildkraut (Dreyfus), Oscar winner, and a fine supporting cast, make this truly worth a watch.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: tootall 6/9/2025 8:37:31 AM (No. 1961887)
Powerful article! It's about time we beat the drume on this! I might only add one thing that I am outraged by to this day. Gwen Walz not only smelled the burning tires and buildings which was sweet perfume to her, she smelled the burning flesh of Oscar Stewart who perished by fire trying to save his store. Despicable.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 6/9/2025 8:54:08 AM (No. 1961891)
Superb research and writing. We have had the frustration of knowing that Chauvin did nothing wrong and have not had access to the truth until lately. George Floyd was a dimwitted, drug addicted thug and the streets of Minneapolis are much better off without him. A pox on BLM and the cowardly and racist "authorities" who framed Chauvin.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JHHolliday 6/9/2025 9:05:03 AM (No. 1961894)
I agree with #3 about federal vs. state prosecution but Trump has other ways to make sure Minnesota grants Chauvin a pardon or at least a commutation. Preferably a full pardon and an apology plus damages to Chauvin. It might incite a big portion of a certain demographic to riot again but right is right. A state shouldn't be held hostage by a mob. Do the right thing, Minnesota, and free an innocent man.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 6/9/2025 10:53:26 AM (No. 1961959)
These issues need to be reviewed by a congressional committee or other bipartisan body and their findings authoritatively set before the American people in a manner that cannot be obfuscated or ignored. The Governor of Minnesota and the President must then take whatever action those findings require.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: stablemoney 6/9/2025 11:24:24 AM (No. 1961974)
The DOJ Civil Rights Division can bring charges against those that committed these crimes, both in the Chauvin case and the Tina Peters case. I think action is already underway in the Tina Peters case.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: PM'sSubstack 6/9/2025 2:01:44 PM (No. 1962043)
#3 is absolutely right-state law has him for 22 years even if DJT pardons him-
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Deborah Grannet 6/9/2025 2:24:42 PM (No. 1962054)
#4, I had a great aunt Zola who was named after
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Deborah Grannet 6/9/2025 2:27:57 PM (No. 1962055)
Darn phone! Let’s try again— I had a great aunt Zola who was named after Emile Zola. My great-grandfather was very sensitive about Justice, and EZ was a hero to him.
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